Today's Question

February 14, 1991

QUESTION: How is NASCAR-style stock car racing received in your country?

Australian sports car road racer Geoff Brabham: ``I haven't been back home in severel years, but I remember that Richard Petty and Bobby Allison and Cale Yarborough were big names when I was growing up. The people in Australia who follow motorsports are becoming big NASCAR fans because of the oval track in Melbourne. As for me, I'm a big stock car fan. I'd take it if someone offered me a ride.''

French endurance racer Bob Wollek: ``I suppose the younger people who following motor racing know about NASCAR, but certainly not the general public. If you mention ``stock cars'' in France, people think you're talking about crashing into people intentionally. I'm not sure Europeans are terribly familiar with oval-track racing.''